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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Program User Guide

This guide provides you with documentation, reference guides, and direct links that answer common admissions questions about the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Applicant Portal, Configuration Portal, and Outcomes. It also contains resources that may help you work more efficiently throughout your admissions process. If you have additional questions or need further assistance, please contact a member of your account team.

Cycle Timeframes

Applicant Portal

The Applicant Portal opens in early August and closes in early June, over a 22-month period. You can view the specific cycle dates, including final processing dates (e.g., last date to request letters of recommendation, etc.), on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Application Cycle Dates page.

Configuration Portal

Between early February and early July, configurations are entered into the prelaunch environment. The account team and University of Hawaiʻi review submitted configurations in July.

Outcomes

You can view new applicants in early August. 

Program Participation Requirements

University of Hawaiʻi requires all programs to designate two contacts at your institution who will receive all communication from University of Hawaiʻi, including the configuration, application, and Outcomes launch notifications.

Applicant Portal

The first three sections of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division application (i.e., Personal Information, Academic History, and Supporting Information) compose the core application. They contain questions that are commonly asked of applicants across all participating programs, such as an applicant's biographic information, standardized test scores, and experiences. The fourth section of the application is Program Materials, which is customized by you through the Configuration Portal (discussed in the next section).

You can access the 2023-2024 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division application and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Applicant Help Center to review the applicant experience. You can also create a test application in the Applicant Portal; we recommend creating a new account and adding "test" to your name (e.g., TestJohn TestDoe).

For a general overview of the applicant experience, review the following documents:

You can direct any applicant inquiries related to the application to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division Customer Service.

Configuration Portal

Use the Configuration Portal Quick Start Guide to make sure you configure your program(s) efficiently and completely in the prelaunch environment. Be sure to check out your CAS's configuration options and review the best practices found throughout. If any optional sections of the application are required for your program (e.g., experiences, test scores, etc.), you'll want to note this on your program home page.

Once you've configured your program, you'll need to have it approved by the account team and University of Hawaiʻi before it is available to applicants. If your program is reviewed after the cycle launches, the University of Hawaiʻi will approve it.

Liaison Outcomes

Review the Liaison Outcomes Help Center for any questions related to working in Outcomes.

The Release Notes feature new enhancements in Outcomes, in addition to upcoming training opportunities. Additionally, you can view the Release Notes for the Applicant Portal and Configuration Portal.

For any questions, contact the Client Support Specialist Team.

Cycle Enhancements

2024-2025

The table below contains enhancements for University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division for the cycle timeframes noted at the top of this page. Note that some sections have multiple enhancements. If an action is required by participating programs to use the enhancement, click the links under Enhancement Details to learn more. Additional enhancements may have been automatically released; review the Release Notes to learn more.

Portal

Section

Enhancement Details

Implementation

Availability

Applicant Portal

Applicant Help Center

The full text of the CAS Release Statement was removed from the Applicant Help Center and replaced with a link to a copy of the release statement. This ensures that applicants can view the most accurate and up-to-date version of the release statement.

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Applicant Portal

Reapplying

First cycle with reapplicants. 

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Applicant Portal 

Academic History – Colleges Attended

Applicants can now upload unofficial transcripts on the Colleges Attended page. 

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Applicant Portal

Supporting Information

New Documents and Questions sections were added. 

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Applicant Portal

Program Materials – Recommendations

Applicants can now request program-level recommendations in the Program Materials section.

Additionally, applicants can create a custom recommender pool, where they enter a recommender’s information once and then select the recommender for any programs that they apply to. This enhancement alleviates the applicant burden of entering recommender information for every program and speeds up the application process.

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Applicant Portal

Program Materials – Documents

Applicants can now upload program-level documents in the Program Materials section. 

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Liaison Letters

Account

Evaluators can now submit their evaluations as a guest, without creating a Liaison Letters account. Guest users can create an account at any time while working in Liaison Letters, and evaluators who already have an account can also complete an evaluation as a guest.

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Liaison Letters 

Recommendations

Recommenders can automatically reuse a completed recommendation for an applicant who requests they complete additional recommendations that are the same recommendation type as the original (e.g., academic, personal, etc.). Once activated by the recommender, any time the same applicant requests the same recommendation type, the system will automatically complete the recommendation and submit it.

Recommenders will receive an email every Friday that records if the recommendation has been reused, and if so, for which programs. This feature can be turned off at any time by the recommender.

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Configuration Portal

Question Rules

The Change Deadline and Program Availability rules can now be built at the organization level, meaning that they can be applied to some or all programs under an organization.

Action required by participating programs choosing to use this enhancement.

Available now

2023-2024

The table below contains enhancements for University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Graduate Division for the cycle timeframes noted at the top of this page. Note that some sections have multiple enhancements. If an action is required by participating programs to use the enhancement, click the links under Enhancement Details to learn more. Additional enhancements may have been automatically released; review the Release Notes to learn more.

Portal

Section

Enhancement Details

Implementation

Availability

Applicant Portal

All

First cycle with Liaison. 

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

Configuration Portal

All

First cycle with the Configuration Portal. 

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available now

Liaison Outcomes

All

First cycle with Liaison Outcomes.

No action required by participating programs to use this enhancement.

Available at cycle launch

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